Book-holder



' Book Holder.

No..240.739 Patented April 26,18

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PHILIP LOHGES, 0F PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 2&0,'739, dated. April 26, 1881.

Application filed February 12, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP Lonens, of Pittston, in the county of Luzerue and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Book-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved adjustable and folding device for holding books open and in an inclined position.

The invention consists in a frame provided with two end uprights formed of two strips connected at the upper end by a hinge and by a band-spring, and are provided with pivoted spring-fin gers for holding the book open, which uprights are connected by removable upper and lower longitudinal rails, to one of which a projecting strip, upon which the book rests, is hooked.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of m yim proved book-holder, showing it erected. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same", showing it folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The uprights of the book-holder are formed of two strips, A A, which are connected at the upper end by a hinge, B, and a bandspring, O, passing over the hinge, as shown. A stiff strip of metal, D, provided with a series of repivoted on the pivot of the brace D, and serves to hold the strips A A together when the bookholder is folded, as shown in Fig. 2. The strips A A are provided with transverse apertures H on the outer side, near the bottom, into which apertures the ends of the longitudinal rails J J are passed. The strips A are provided with a series of staples, K K, or equivalents, near the upper end, and through these staples a rod or bar, L, is passed, as shown, which serves to support the upper end of the book, and so as to adapt it to be adjusted for large and small books. It can be adjusted higher or lower in the staples K. Two projecting wires, M, are hooked on the front rail, J, and a strip, N, rests upon the projections of .these wires and forms a support for the bot tom, edge of the book. A springfinger, O, is pivoted to the outer surface of each strip A, which fingers serve to keep the book open.

The several parts of this holder can be detached or united very conveniently. \Vben folded the bookholder occupies very little space and can be transported very easily, and when erected it holds books of any size at any desired inclination. The fingers 0 hold it open, and the leaves are not torn.

The device may be partly or entirely of wood or metal, or of both, and may be inadein various sizes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut-- In a book-holder, the strips AAv and A A, connected by detachable rails, and the strips A A, connected at top by hinge and band spring B O, in combination with the rod L, arranged in staples K, the strip N, hung to the rails, andthe spring-fingers O on the strips, as shown and described.

PHILIP LOHGES.

Witnesses:

S. P. FENN, THOMAS W. LEWIS. 

